NASA Procedural Requirements

NPR 8705.6D Effective Date: March 29, 2019 Expiration Date: December 29, 2024

Subject: Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) Audits, Reviews, and Assessments

Responsible Office: Office of Safety and Mission Assurance

Chg #	Date	Description/Comments
1	04/27/20	Updated to delete REDAA and the SAARIS application, and refer to the STAR application. Added a statement for Safety Culture Assessments in 1.2.4, changed SMSR record retention from five to three years, updated organization names in 3.2.9a, and for compliance with NPR 1400.1.
2	03/11/21	Replaced Center-led SMSR to SMA in section 3.1.2.2, 3.2.2.c, 3.2.3.b, 3.2.3.e, and 3.2.4.b Included OCHMO as a co-chair of SMSRs in section 3.2.2. Included references to orbital debris mitigation, planetary protection, nuclear flight safety and mishap preparedness in section 3.1.4. Replaced existing shalls to responsibility in section 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, and 3.2.4. Added SMSR process in section 3.3, which is used to tailor and describe the procedure for SMSR.
3	10/21/21	Process changes to the table in Appendix D. Table of Minimum SMA Requirements Documents and Associated Audit, Review, and Assessment Requirements, to update which documents and associated requirements are subject to IFOSAs and QAARs..

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